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Tag: Renaming
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Kent State University Renames Department of Pan-African Studies
Kent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies will be renamed the Department of Africana Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, effective Fall 2021, Kent Wired reported. Dr. Felix Kumah-Abiwu, associate professor in the department of Pan-African studies said the curriculum will stay the same. “The material being taught in the department of Africana […]
July 8, 2021
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Emory University Plans to Address Racially Fraught Past With Name Changes, Memorials and Land Acknowledgements
Emory University announced this week that it will be making several plans to reconcile with its racially fraught past, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. One of these plans include the renaming of several buildings. Emory will rename Language Hall on its Oxford College in honor of the late Horace J. Johnson Jr., who became the first […]
June 30, 2021
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GWU to Remove Name of Former Pro-Segregation President from Student Center
The George Washington University (GWU) will rename the Cloyd Heck Marvin Center – the school’s student center – following recommendations of a committee of students, faculty, staff and alumni, according to GWU officials. GWU’s Board of Trustees’ voted to rename the student center the University Student Center. GWU will begin the process of changing signage […]
June 30, 2021
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Virginia Middle School Renamed After NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Sidney Lanier Middle School – a Fairfax, Virginia middle school named after a Confederate soldier – has been renamed in honor of African American NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, ABC News reported. Lanier was a poet and Confederate private. Johnson was one of four Black women whose work with NASA helped pave the way for the […]
June 7, 2021
News Roundup
UC Berkeley Removes Two Names of Residence Halls Connected to Racism From Campus
The University of California Berkeley has removed two names from some of its campus halls, given their connection to slavery and racism, reported Mercury News. Old LeConte Hall and New LeConte Hall, as well as Barrows Hall, will now be temporarily known as Physics South, Physics North and the Social Sciences Building, respectively. According to […]
November 18, 2020
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Institutional Renaming Efforts Prompt a Reckoning Over the Legacy of Slavery and the Confederacy
For those who made the decision, dismantling James Madison University’s (JMU) almost century-old homage to Confederate Army leaders was a reasoned, necessary choice.
September 2, 2020
Sports
UK Basketball Coach ‘All Ears’ Regarding Conversation About Changing Name of Rupp Arena
In a letter written to the University of Kentucky president in July, faculty members at the school had outlined multiple steps to advance the school toward racial equity, including the removal of the name of former UK head basketball coach Adolph Rupp from the school’s arena. About a month later, John Calipari, UK’s head men’s […]
August 27, 2020
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Black Student Activists Plan to Continue the Momentum of the Black Lives Matter Movement on Campus This Fall
After the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others, Black students across the nation protested and petitioned for campus police reforms, new campus building names, faculty diversity training and more — all amid a global pandemic disproportionately hitting communities of color. And they got results — driving ongoing waves of activism on campus
August 24, 2020
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George Floyd’s Death Has Revived Renaming Efforts as Institutions Reckon With Legacies of Racism
Pervasive demands for social justice following the death of George Floyd in police custody have penetrated the halls of institutions throughout the country. In academia, dozens of high-profile universities have announced plans to rename campus buildings that bear the names of individuals associated with the country’s racist history. And a similar reckoning has come to institutions that haven’t claimed the media spotlight.
August 23, 2020
Sports
Some Student Athletes Playing a Leading Role When It Comes to Social Justice Advocacy
Throughout the country, student-athletes and former student-athletes are taking action to address systemic racism, inequality and injustice.
August 20, 2020
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Davidson College Issues Apology For Its Past Support of Slavery
North Carolina’s Davidson College, founded by Presbyterians in 1837, has issued a public apology for its support of slavery during the school’s first 30 years, reports the Associated Press. As part of contending with its past, the school also unveiled an “action plan” Wednesday that includes renaming buildings with connections to racist figures and strengthening […]
August 20, 2020
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Virginia Tech Renames Two Residence Halls After Three African Americans
Virginia Tech is renaming two of its residence halls after three Black trailblazers who played key roles in the campus’ history, reports WSLS News. Previously named after men who espoused White supremacist views, Lee Hall and Barringer Hall will now be called Hoge Hall and Whitehurst Hall, respectively. Hoge Hall is named for Janie and […]
August 14, 2020
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